College Notes

Kutztown University has announced 29 student-athletes will represent its wrestling team for the 2021–2022 season, including Thomas Szilagyi of Levittown. • • • The State University of New York at Potsdam recently named 235 students who excelled academically in the Fall 2021 semester to the College’s Dean’s List. To achieve the honor of being on the Dean’s List, each student […]

Syosset students perform at Times Square celebration


Three students who attend Syosset Central School District were front and center for the world’s most famous New Year’s Eve countdown in New York City’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve.  Alan Huang, a Syosset High School junior, Alex Chen, a sophomore at SHS, and South Woods Middle School 8th grader Katie Yan performed an exciting set of Wushu (Kung […]

Columbiettes plan Bunco games

The Joseph Barry Columbiettes will be holding a Bunco game day on Sunday, January 23rd at 1 p.m. (doors open at 12:30 p.m.) Enjoy games with coffee, tea and snacks, raffles and prizes and a 50/50. For reservations please email SueSarandis@gmail.com or call Kathy at 516-932-4522. The games will be held at the Knights of Columbus hall at 45 Heitz […]

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Our Lady of Mercy scholarship honors famous alumna

Our Lady of Mercy Academy has created the Dr. Aldona Woś ’73 Scholarship in recognition of a $300,000 donation from the Louis DeJoy and Aldona Woś Family Foundation (DeJoy\Woś Foundation). The scholarship will be awarded on an annual basis. “We are thankful for the DeJoy\Woś Foundation contribution as part of our ongoing Towering to New Heights -Fortifying our Legacy capital […]

Town offers Toddler Arts & Crafts program

The Town of Oyster Bay has announced that the popular Toddler Arts & Crafts Program will be offered again this Winter, beginning on February 1. This 6-week program offers classes at the Town’s Ice Skating Center Community Room in Bethpage and at the Hicksville Athletic Center, and is open to children ages 2 through 4. “The Town’s Toddler Arts & Crafts […]

Upcoming virtual events through the Jericho Public Library

Monday, January 10th 2:00 PM Virtual Profiles with Dr. William Thierfelder:  Part 1/Never Too Early – Never Too Late During this program we will take a look at the lives of five child prodigies. They were children who dazzled the world! Later on in the year we will look at part two, five “Plus-50” artists, composers and painters whose lives […]

Town of Oyster Bay hosts blood drive

To help hospitals meet the ongoing and pressing need for blood, the Town of Oyster Bay partnered with New York Blood Center to host a Blood Collection Drive at the Hicksville Athletic Center. The donation drive was especially critical, as blood supplies have seriously dwindled as a result of the COVID-19 health pandemic and are needed for local hospitals to […]

Syosset student accepted into Stanford study program

Syosset High School student Ethan Chiu has been selected to participate in the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education’s China Scholar Program (CSP) for Spring of 2022. The CSP, which focuses on international and cross-cultural education, only selects 20 high school students nation-wide to participate in a one-semester, intensive study of contemporary China. Selection is based on students’ academic […]

This Week at the Syosset Public Library

The Road to Revolution Part 1 – Thursday, January 6, at 2 p.m. The American Revolution was the product of decades of grievances felt by many colonists to be originating from the seat of power of the British Empire. While most discussions about this time period focus on its military history, we will instead analyze the series of actions from […]

GLIRC president retires from post after four decades


Plainview resident, Mike Polansky, has been running pretty much all of his life. The 81-year-old cofounder of the GLIRC (Greater Long Island Running Club) retired last month from his post as Club President, after nearly four decades in the position. Jossi Fritz-Mauer, a 37year old, Old Bethpage resident, took over the role as new president as of January 1st. “It […]